A cold and hungry kitten who accidentally hitched a 20-mile ride across Norfolk has been found alive. 

The kitten was thought to have got into a food delivery lorry's coupling system, the device that connects the trailer to the lorry, in Tucks Mill in Burston. 

The feline was rescued when the lorry arrived at a farm in Topcroft - having travelled 20 miles trapped, hungry and cold. 

The 10-week-old, who has since been called Mitsy, was taken into the care of the Norwich branch of Cats Protection after first being found by the wife of a Topcroft farmer. 

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It is still unclear whether or not the kitten is lost or a stray and the charity plans to rehome the brave feline if no owner is found. 

Maureen Bennett, coordinator of the volunteer-run charity, said: "She was absolutely drenched and starving hungry.  

“When our foster arrived to pick her up, she was still covered in oil from the lorry.  

"It's even more incredible that the poor little thing survived, knowing she was in the coupling.” 

Mitsy has since visited the vets and is on the road to a full recovery.